Preliminary Program

Friday, June 5
18:00 - 19:00Registration open 
19:00 - 21:00Welcome reception 
Saturday, June 6
8:30 - 9:00Registration open 
9:00 - 9:15Opening Remarks 
9:15 - 10:15Karen Panetta (Tufts University, Chair of IEEE WIE)  
10:15 - 10:30Coffee break 
10:30 - 11:30Janet Werth (Mitre Corporation)Over the Horizon Radar
11:30 - 12:30 Milica Popovic (McGill University)BioAntennas
12:30 -14:00Lunch 
14:00 - 17:00 Ansoft training workshop 
17:00 - 18:30Poster session  
18:30Dinner and Networking 
Sunday, June 7
8:00 - 9:00Vasundara Varadhan (University of Arkansas)Metamaterials
9:00 - 10:00 Zoya Popovic (University of Colorado) 
10:00 -10:15 Coffee break 
10:15 -11:15Cynthia Furse (University of Utah)Starting Your Own Business
11:15 -12:15Linda Katehi (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
12:15 -13:45Lunch 
13:45 -14:45Janet Werth (Mitre Corporation)Carbon Nanotube Antennas
14:45 -15:45Alkim Akyurtlu (University of Massachusetts Lowell)Homogeneous Negative Index Metamaterials in the THz regime
15:45 -16:00Coffee Break 
16:00 -17:00Cynthia Furse (University of Utah)Communication Across Genders
18:00 - 21:00Dinner 
 Maria Stuchly (University of Victoria)Dress for success: does it matter today?
Monday, June 8
9:00 – 10:00Elena SemouchkinaEM field Simulation- A Powerful Tool for Science and Design
10:00 – 11:00Parveen WahidDeveloping Relationships with Mentors
11:00 - 11:30Closing ceremony 
11:30Box lunch